2008 junior college football season
{{Short description|American junior college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox junior college football season
| year = 2008
| image =
| image_caption =
| number_of_teams =
| regular_season =
| postseason =
| championship = {{nowrap|Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT, (NJCAA)}}
{{nowrap|Costa Mesa, CA, (CCCAA)}}
| champions = {{nowrap|{{cfb link|year=2008|team=Butler Grizzlies|title=Butler (KS)}} (NJCAA)
{{cfb link|year=2008|team=Butte Roadrunners|title=Butte}} (CCCAA)}}
}}
The 2008 junior college football season was the season of intercollegiate junior college football running from September to December 2008. The season ended with two national champions: one from the National Junior College Athletic Association and one from the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA).
The NJCAA champion was {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Butler Grizzlies|title=Butler (KS)}} who defeated {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Snow Badgers|school=|title=Snow}} 37–30 in double overtime in the NJCAA National Football Championship.{{Cite news |last=Carlisle |first=Nate |date=December 7, 2008 |title=Butler Repeats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-butler-repeats/168105091/ |access-date=March 16, 2025 |work=The Wichita Eagle |pages=37}} The CCCAA champion was {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Butte Roadrunners|title=Butte}} who defeated {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Mt. San Antonio Mounties|title=Mt. San Antonio}} 17–9 in the CCCAA State Championship.{{Cite news |date=December 15, 2008 |title=Butte wins state football title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-searchlight-butte-wins-state-foot/168105297/ |access-date=March 16, 2025 |work=Record Searchlight |pages=13}}
Conference standings
=NJCAA=
| cellpadding="5"
| valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference football standings}} | valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 Midwest Football Conference standings}} | valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 Minnesota College Athletic Conference football standings}} |
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| valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 Northeast Football Conference standings}} | valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 Southwest Junior College Football Conference standings}} | valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 Western States Football League standings}} |
| valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 NJCAA independents football records}} |
=CCCAA=
==NCFA==
| cellpadding="5"
| valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 Coast Conference football standings}} | valign="top" width="25em" |{{2008 NorCal Conference football standings}} |
Postseason
=Playoffs=
==NJCAA==
{{2TeamBracket
| seeds = yes
| RD1 = NJCAA National Championship
December 9
Rio Tinto Stadium—Sandy, UT
| RD1-team1 = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Butler Grizzlies|title=Butler (KS)}}
| RD1-score1 = 37
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team2 = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Snow Badgers|title=Snow}}
| RD1-score2 = 30
| RD1-seed2 = 2
}}{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2008 |title=A Look Back at 2008 |url=https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/2/k/8xbp0ty3afrp9q/2008_RECAP.pdf |access-date=March 3, 2025 |website=National Junior College Athletic Association |page=44}}
==CCCAA==
===SCFA===
{{4TeamBracket
| seeds = yes
| RD1 = Semifinals
November 29
Campus sites
| RD2 = Regional finals
December 6
Campus sites
| RD1-team1 = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=College of the Canyons Cougars|title=College of the Canyons}}
| RD1-score1 = 36
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team2 = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=El Camino Warriors|title=El Camino}}
| RD1-score2 = 27
| RD1-seed2 = 4
| RD1-team3 = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Fullerton Hornets|title=Fullerton}}
| RD1-score3 = 27
| RD1-seed3 = 2
| RD1-team4 = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Mt. San Antonio Mounties|title=Mt. San Antonio}}
| RD1-score4 = 34
| RD1-seed4 = 3
| RD2-team1 = College of the Canyons
| RD2-score1 = 44
| RD2-seed1 = 1
| RD2-team2 = Mt. San Antonio
| RD2-score2 = 51
| RD2-seed2 = 3
}}
===NCFA===
{{2TeamBracket
| seeds = yes
| RD1 = Regional finals
November 22
Campus sites
| RD1-team1 = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Butte Roadrunners|title=Butte}}
| RD1-score1 = 24
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team2 = {{cfb link|year=2008|team=Reedley Tigers|title=Reedley}}
| RD1-score2 = 21
| RD1-seed2 = 2
}}
===State championship===
{{2TeamBracket
| seeds = yes
| RD1 = December 13
Costa Mesa, CA
| RD1-team1 = Butte
| RD1-score1 = 17
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team2 = Mt. San Antonio
| RD1-score2 = 9
| RD1-seed2 = 3
}}
{{Cite web |title=Butte finishes 12-0 win 17-9 win over Mt. SAC for California CC Football Title |url=https://3c2asports.org/sports/fball/2008-09/FinalRecap.pdf |access-date=March 3, 2025 |website=California Community College Athletic Association}}